Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end 16-inch MacBook Pro

Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end... by numpad0 on Thursday November 12, 2020 @03:21AM (#25067678)

It was Surface that started the trend, then MacBook followed and became a feature.

By the way, “throttling” refers to CPU _slowing down_ despite cooling working at full capacity, so loud fans in itself isn’t one.

e: Another way to explain thermal throttling would be “thermal fading”, like brake fading on a car. Whether brake fading is considered a design fault or a feature that allow bursts of stronger brakes is semantic.

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Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end... by dave84 on Thursday November 12, 2020 @07:44AM (#25069201)

I think the Surface was late to the party, the original Macbook Air had huge problems when it launched in 2008.

https://www.theage.com.au/technology/apple-fans-burned-by-ho...

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Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end... by nbevans on Thursday November 12, 2020 @05:56AM (#25068570)

If we're doing analogies, let's do them right :) Therefore I'd argue it is more like supercharger overheating on a car. As a supercharger gets hotter from prolonged load it gets hot and warms the air entering the engine which reduces cold-air intake thus reducing horse power compared to a cooler supercharger. There is a way to solve this: by fitting a chargecooler - which is basically a cooling system for the supercharger.

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Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end... by JosephRedfern on Thursday November 12, 2020 @03:59AM (#25067882)

Sorry, yes, I realise that’s what throttling is but wasn’t clear. I meant to say in the original comment the fans normally come on followed by throttling.

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